On 7/15/2009 9:47 AM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:> I've just committed code that allows R to be built with support for
> dynamic help pages using \Sexpr in Rd files. Define USE_NEW_HELP and
> the R function tools:::.convertRdfiles will be used instead of the Perl
> RdConv script, supporting \Sexpr and using the new R converters.
>
> Currently only text help has the macros evaluated when the user asks for
> help; the others are rendered at install time. Hopefully HTML rendering
> will also be in place before the 2.10.x release. I can't see how CHM
> and Latex help pages would ever be dynamic. Build time evaluation of
> \Sexpr macros is not yet supported.
>
> The only man page currently containing \Sexpr is ?tools::Rd2HTML.
This message may be a little premature: the USE_NEW_HELP setting only
affects base packages so far. I'll see if I can get R CMD INSTALL
working too, but it might take a while....
Duncan Murdoch